“Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.”
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“Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.”
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“Well said Mary Queen of Scots, ‘I fear John Knox’s prayers more than an army of ten thousand men.'”
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“Prayer is the main secret of success in spiritual business. It moves Him who can move heaven and earth. It brings down the promised aid of the Holy Spirit, without whom the finest sermons, the clearest teaching, and the most diligent labors, are all alike in vain. It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are most successful laborers for God. It is generally those who keep up closest communion with Christ and are most constant in prayer.”
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